IC 5171
IC 5171
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
133 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
29k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 133 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 5171 as it looked roughly 133 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 7200Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 7196Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 7168Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 7079Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 7097AElliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 7400Barred spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7196Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 7168Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 7079Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 7097AElliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 7400Barred spiral20 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).